Tuesday

6:00 am

8:30 am

11:00 am

3:00 pm

4:30 pm

6:30 pm

8:00 pm

Wednesday

6:00 am

9:30 am

3:00 pm

4:30 pm

6:30 pm

8:00 pm

Thursday

6:00 am

8:30 am

11:00 am

3:00 pm

4:30 pm

6:30 pm

-

Friday

6:00 am

9:30 am

2:30 pm

4:30 pm

6:15 pm

-

Saturday

7:00 am

9:00 am

4:30 pm

-

Sunday

8:00 am

10:00 am

12:00 pm

5:00 pm

-

Directions to Chestnut School

What You Need

Yoga Mat

    If you do not have a yoga mat or towel, you can rent them for $1.00 each.

Towel

Light Clothing - The room is heated so be prepared to sweat.

    Women - wear shorts and a sports bra or a leotard.

    Men - wear running shorts or a swimming suit.

    *Do not wear baggy pants or sweat pants or sweat shirt.  You will be extremely                                           

      uncomfortable in class.

    *Do not wear perfume or scented lotions in class.           

Leave your valuables at home.  Global Yoga is not responsible for lost or stolen items.

*School opens 30 minutes before each class.

What To Expect

Classes are 90 minutes long

    Show up 15 minutes before class begins.

The room is heated.

    Be prepared to sweat.  The heat is the fastest way to detoxify the body.

Come to class hydrated

    Drink plenty of water before and after class.

Classes are for all levels

    All classes are the same 26 posture series.

    For all body types!

    First timers and advanced yogi’s share the same class!

Bus Lines

Two Bus Lines stop near the Chestnut School.

    Muni 30 (to/from downtown) - drops you right off at Chestnut/ Divisadero

    Muni 43 - drops you off right around the corner from the school at

                     Lombard/ Divisadero.

click on URL below for Muni Bus Info.           

http://www.sfmta.com/cms/home/sfmta.php

Taxi’s

Just tell your taxi driver, “Chestnut & Divisadero in the Marina.”

click on URL below for YellowCab website.

http://www.yellowcabsf.com/index.php

After class, you can catch a cab anywhere along Chestnut Street.    Lots of Taxi’s troll Chestnut all the time.

Parking Tips

In General, these are the easiest classes to park near the Chestnut School.

Saturday morning 7:00am.  The Friday night crowd has left the Marina.  All the parking spaces are empty.  Class is done by 8:30 am.  You’re gone before parking meters start at 9:00 am!

Sunday morning 8:00 am.  The bar crowd is gone and no parking meters on Sundays.  Parking fills up fast around 9 am.

Tuesday morning 8:30 am.  Street cleaning is from 6 am to 8 am so there will be plenty of open spaces right in front of the school.

3:00 pm class Monday - Thursday.  Always seems to be open spots at this time before bar crowd arrives.

Tips for a Better Yoga Class

Have your big meal after class.

Come on an empty stomach.  Have a navel orange before class if you have to eat something.

Don’t get frustrated...(take the pressure off yourself !)

...if you fall out of postures

... if you’re not good at certain postures in the beginning - Why should you be, you’ve never done them before?

...if you feel nauseated or dizzy - when this happens just sit down on your knees,  breathe through your nose, slow your breathing down, and wait for a posture or two before continuing.  The feeling will pass...which is totally great.

Do more yoga!

Yoga is not exercise and it may be practiced everyday.  YOU CANNOT DO TOO MUCH YOGA.  You will always leave the class with more energy than you had when you started class.  How cool is that?  We have so many students who practice everyday and even some who practice twice a day every day.  You will notice who they are in the room because they look like superhuman physical immortals.

The more frequently you practice the faster you improve.

About the water...

If you eat a lot of cooked food and meat, drink lots of water throughout the day before and after class.

When Mary started practicing this yoga 24 years ago there was no water or hand towels in the room.  Yoga mats didn’t even exist.

Mary and her teachers do not drink water while taking or teaching class...EVER!

When you take class at Global Yoga you will notice that there are very few water bottles in the room.  Usually, the only people with water bottles in the room are people who are dropping in from other schools or new students who just happened to bring them. 

Every now and then we actually have a class where there are no water bottles in the room and we milestone that date.

Think about it...what part of asana or savasana is reaching over and grabbing a bottle of water and snorting it down in the middle of class anyway? 

Nobody is going to yell at you if you do drink water in class.  You might even be inspired to not drink anymore.

The discipline and energy of your yoga practice is very high and phenomenal when you practice without drinking water in class.

Monday

6:00 am

9:30 am

3:00 pm

4:30 pm

6:30 pm

8:00 pm